General knowledge.
Questions and Answers..
Q 1. Donnerstag is German for which day of the week?
Ans. Thursday.
Q 2. What type of citrus fruit is a shamouti?
Ans. Orange.
Q 3. Apiphobia is a fear of what?
Ans. Bees.
Q 4 . Which Asian capital city was known as Batavia until 1949?
Ans. Jakarta.
Q 5 . Which astronomical unit os distance is greater, a parsec or a light year?
Ans. A parsec.
Q 6. The ancient city of Carthage is now in which country?
Ans. Tunisia.
Q 7. What in Russia is Izvestia?
Ans. A newspaper.
Q 8. Which is the world's windiest continent?
Ans. Antarctica.
Q 9 . In the book Treasure Island what is the name of the ship?
Ans. Hispaniola.
Q 10. In which part of the body are the deltoid muscles?
Ans. Shoulder.
Q 11. E is the international car registration letter for which country?
Ans. Spain.
Q 12. Vienna stands on which river?
Ans. Danube.
Q 13. What type of camel has two lumps?
Ans. Bactrian.
Q 14. In the MG motor car, what do the letters MG stand for?
Ans. Morris Garages.
Q 15. The name of which Roman god means 'shining father in Latin?
Ans. Jupiter.
Q 16. What is the central colour of a rainbow?
Ans. Green.
Q 17. Which French city is a meeting place for the European Parliament?
Ans. Strasbourg.
Q 18. What part of the body consists of the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum?
Ans. Small intestine.
Q 19. Annapurna is a mountain in which mountain range?
Ans. Himalayas,
Q 20 . What kind of foodstuff is Monterey Jack?(It was also a cartoon's name
Ans. "What's for breakfast?"
Q 21. What is the name of a person, plant or animal which shuns the light?
Ans. Lucifugous.
Q 22. What, in field of optics, is biconvex?
Ans. A lens which is convex on both sides.
Q 23. Which country was invaded in Iraq in 1980?
Ans. Iran.
Q 24. What did Johann Galle discover in 1846?
Ans. Neptune.
Q 25. What, in internet terminology, does SMTP stand for?
Ans. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
Q 26. How is October 24 1929 remembered?
Ans. Black Thursday.
Q 27. The River Danube flows into which sea?
Ans. The Black Sea.
Q 28. Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zaland?
Ans. Cook Strait.
Q 29. What, in internet terminology, does FTP stand for?
Ans. File Transfer Protocol.
Q 30. Who wrote Black Beauty?
Ans. Anna Sewell.
Q 31. What is the capital of Poland?
Ans Warsaw.
Q 32. Ice-cream was first produced in which country in the 17th century?
Ans. Italy.
Q 33. In medicine, what does the acronym SARS stand for?
Ans. Severe Acute Respiratory System.
Q 34. Which popular name for Netherlands is actually a low-lying region of the country?
Ans. Holland.
Q 35. Which Shakepeare play was set in Elsinore Castle, Denmark?
Ans. Hamlet.
Q 36. Who said: 'Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration'?
Ans. Edison.
Q 37. The Kyukyu Island chain lies between which two countries?
Ans. Japan & Taiwan.
Q 38. Which fibrous protein is the major constituent of hair, nails, feathers, beaks and claws?
Ans. Keratin.
Q 39. Of which fruit is morello a variety?
Ans. Cherry.
Q 40. Which explorer discovered Victoris Falls in Africa?
Ans. David Livingstone.
Q 41. Who was the last king of Egypt?
Ans. Farouk.
Q 42. What is the literal meaning of the word mafia?
Ans. Bargging.
Q 43. Which war lasted 16 years longer than its name implies?
Ans. The Hundred Year's War.
Q 44. What is the national sport of Malaysia and Indonesia?
Ans. Badminton.
Q 45. Which is the shallowest of the Great Lakes?
Ans. Lake Erie.
Q 46. What name is given to minute or microscopic animals and plants that live in the upper layers of tresh and salt water?
Ans. Plankton.
Q 47. Which country was originally named Cathay?
Ans. China.
Q 48. Sinhalese is a language spoken in which country?
Ans. Sri Lanka.
Q 49. The Sao Francisco river flows through which country?
Ans. Brazil.
Q 50. In which sport do teams compete for the Dunhill Cup?
Ans. Golf.
Q 51. Which Shakespeare character's last words are: The rest is silence'?
Ans. Hamlet.
Q 52. In economics, whose law states that: "bad money drives out good money?
Ans. Gresham's
Q 53. Who made the first navigation of the globe in the vessel Victoria?
Ans. Magellan.
Q 54. Which mountaineer on being asked why he wanted to climb Everest said: 'Because it's there'?
Ans. George Mallory.
Q 55. What was the former name for Sri Lanka?
Ans. Ceylon.
Q 56. Of which Middle East, country is Baghdad the capital?
Ans. Iraq.
Q 57. How many arms does a squid have?
Ans. Ten.
Q 58. Which indoor game is played with a shuttlecock?
Ans. Badminton.
Q 59. Do stalactites grow upwards or downwards?
Ans. Downwards.
Q 60. What food is also called garbanzo?
Ans. Chick-pea.
Q 61. What is the quality rating for diesel fuel, similar to the octane number for petrol?
Ans. Catane number.
Q 62. Which German city and port is at the confluence of the rivers Neckar and Rhine?
Ans. Mannheim.
Q 63. Where in Europe are the only wild apes to be found?
Ans. Gibraltar.
Q 64. The Brabanconne is the national anthem of which country?
Ans. Belgium.
Q 65. In which country is the River Spey?
Ans. Switzerland.
Q 66. Which international environmental pressure group was founded in 1971?
Ans. Greenpeace.
Q 67. What is the capital of Morocco?
Ans. Rabat.
Q 68. How many balls are on the table at the start of a game of pool?
Ans. Sixteen.
Q 69. In which country is the volcano Mount Aso?
Ans. Japan.
Q 70 . What name is given to inflammation of one or more joints, causing pain, swelling and restriction of movement?
Ans. Arthritis.
Q 71. Which mineral is the main source of mercury?
Ans. Cinnabar.
Q 72. What A is the national airline of Russia, code name SU?
Ans. Aeroflot.
Q 73. What would be kept in a quiver?
Ans. Arrows.
Q 74. What 'ology' is concerned with the study of unidentified flying objects?
Ans. Ufology.
Q 75. Coal and longtailed are types of which bird family?
Ans. Tit.
Q 76 . In the game of darts, what is the value of the outer buil?
Ans. 25.
Q 77. In which part of the human body is the cochlea?
Ans. Ear.
Q 78 . What is the modern name of the rocky fortress which the Moors named Gabel-al-Tarik (the Rock of Tarik)?
Ans. Gibraltar.
Q 79 . What was the name of German terrorist Andreas Baader's female partner?
Ans . Ulrike Meinhof.
Q 80. And what was the name of the urban guerrilla organisation they headed?
Ans. The Red Army Faction.
Q 81. Which German bacteriologist discovered Salvarsan, a compound used in the treatment of syphilis, before the introduction of antibiotics?
Ans. Paul Ehrlich.
Q 82. Which ancient Roman satirist wrote the 16 Satires?
Ans. Juvenal.
Q 83 . Who became the Queen of Netherlands in 1980?
Ans. Beatrix.
Q 84. Who was the last Bristish king to appear in battle?
Ans. George II.
Q 85. What is the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models called?
Ans. Taxidermy.
Q 86. What is the Beaufort scale used to measure?
Ans. Wind speed.
Q 87. What is the technical name for abnormally high blood presure?
Ans. Hypertension.
Q 88. What part of eye is responsible for its color?
Ans. The iris
Q 89 . The letter RF on a stamp would indicate it is from which country?
Ans. France.
Q 90. What is the meaning of the musical term cantabile?
Ans. In a singing style.
Q 91. San Juan is the capital of which island in the West Indies?
Ans. Puerto Rico.
Q 92. Which profession gets its name from the Latin word for lead?
Ans. Plumbing.
Q 93. On which part of the body do grasshoppers have their ears?
Ans. Hind legs.
Q 94. Who wrote children's stories about the land of Narnia?
Ans. C.S. Lewis.
Q 95. What is the second planet from the sun?
Ans. Venus.
Q 96. What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
Ans Mont Blanc.
Q 97. Of which Caribbean country is Port-au-Prince the capital?
Ans. Haiti.
Q 98 . Which German city is asscociated with the legend of the Pied Piper?
Ans. Hameln, or Hamelin,
Q 99 . What name is given to the wind pattern that brings heavy rain to South Asia from April to September?
Ans. Monsoon.
Q 100. What is the first book of the New Testament?
Ans. The Gospel according to Saint Matthew.
Q 101. What name is given to the time taken for half the atoms in a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay?
Ans. Half-life.
Q 102. Who was president of Kenya from 1964 to 1978?
Ans. Jomo Kenyatta.
Q 103 . Which German author wrote the anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front?
Ans. Erich Maria Remarque.
Q 104. Which country had a police force called the Tonton Macoutes?
Ans. Haiti.
Q 105. What would you find in formicary?
Ans Ants.
Q 106 . Who was the first British sovereign to make regular use of Buckingham Palace when in residence in London?
Ans .Queen Victoria.
Q 107. Of where is Sotia the capital?
Ans. Bulgaria.
Q 108. What is meant by the musical term andante?
Ans. At a moderate tempo.
Q 109 . In a bullfight, what is the mounted man with a lance called?
Ans. A picador.
Q 110. Which team has a soccer team called Ajax?
Ans.. Amsterdam.
Q 111 . Which Dutch explorer discovered New Zealand?
Ans. Abel Tasman.
Q 112 . Who became first black world heavyweight boxing champion in 1918?
Ans. Jack Johnson.
Q 113. The name of which city in South America means Vale of Paradise?
Ans. Valparaiso.
Q 114. Which gas used in advertising signs has the symbol Ne?
Ans. Neon.
Q 115. Which branch of mathematics uses symbols to represent unknown quantities?
Ans. Algebra.
Q 116 . What does the abbreviation RAF stand for?
Ans. Royal Air Force.
Q 117. What name is given to the use of live animals in the experiments?
Ans . Vivisection.
Q 118. Viti Levu is the largest island of which country?
Ans. Fiji.
Q 119 . The Golden Arrow was a famous train that ran from Paris to which destination?
Ans. Monte Carlo.
Q 120. Which country fought on both sides during World War 1?
Ans. Italy.
Q 121. What centigrade temperature is gas mark 6 equal to?
Ans. 200 degrees C.
Q 122. In the game of chess, which piece is called springer in Germany?
Ans. Knight.
Q 123 . What is the meaning of the Russian word 'mir'?
Ans. Peace.
Q 124. Who, in World War II, were Axis Power?
Ans. Germany, Italy. Japan.
Q 125. Which scientist used kites to conduct electrical experiments?
Ans. Benjamin Frankline.
Q 126. What is the longest river in France?
Ans. Loire.
Q 127. Which inventore had a research laboratory at Menlo Park?
Ans. Edison.
Q 128. Which birds fly in groups called skeins?
Ans. Geese.
Q 129. In medicine, which is the most widespread parasitic infection?
Ans.Malaria.
Q 130. What nationality was the explorer Ferdinand Magellan?
Ans . Portuguese.
Q 131. Which Italian city is called Firenze in Italian?
Ans. Florence.
Q 132. What is Australia's largest city?
Ans. Sydney.
Q 133. Which term meaning 'lightning war' was used to describe military tactics used by Germany in World War II?
Ans. Blitzkrieg.
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